In all fairness, the boys have been working hard (they have a number of projects on the go and need to schedule time between jobs) and the body work done on my Mustang has progressed quite a ways.
The front end has recieved some very badly needed TLC - a new radiator support is in, the old frame rails have been removed and replaced (man and are the old ones rotten...they are so bad off the old frame rails look almost like wet cardboard), front torque boxes are in (one is anyway, there were issues with a few new ones that came in so Johnny sent them back...when the new one comes in, the front end will be in shape to weld up), the floor boards have been cut out and replaced (some panels need to be welded in and finished), and the rear torque boxes are..well, I missed this..they are either in now or they are about to be mounted in, one of the two. In all, a fair amount of work has been completed and a good amount of the old rusty Mustang has now been replaced with brand new metal.
As an update, Maya Wheels never got back to my email on if they could whip out a custom set of wheels for my new ride...so I picked up the phone and called them instead. Maya Wheels is a subsidiary of Dazz Motorsports (as I found out when I called the sales line). I ended up talking to a sales rep (who sounded very cute by the way...I love chicks that love metal...ggrrrrr...tiger paw...) and she told me that they'd help me with this; they just need wheel sizes, widths, and offsets. This is AWESOME news; I feel good about this!!
To add to the above, Marty had bought a wrecked Mustang Cobra for about 30k CDN; he's going to salvage it. The original owner of the car crashed it up (he hit a poll or something) and took out the entire passenger side area of the car...sucked it good! The unfortunate part is that he babied the car and pumped in a tonne of money to upgrade it...it's a Mustang GT with a Vortec Supercharged Cobra engine, 9" Posi-tration differential (this sounds complicated but I have no clue what tis is other than the rear axle...I know houses, car audio, and computer crap - Marty and the guys are the experts on these cars), manual transmission, and a tonne of upgraded in the interior as well.
The poor guy, he didn't insure the car for collision damage and lost the $70K CDN that he pumped into the overall car....I'd be crying if that was me.
Anyway, Marty is thinking about keeping the engine and driveline for a car he's restoring but showed me the wreck in case he passes on the idea and if I want to go forward with it (we're both debating for our own applications...it's Marty's deal though so if he passes on it, I may talk to him). It's a 1994 car and engine that is going to be salvaged and the car only had 1700KM on it. Like I said, the original owner babied it until it hit that poll.
I've had the week to think this through a bit more and am probably going to go with a new engine and driveline. I could save some money but with the project, that's not the point. With the project, for me, the money doesn't matter; it's the enjoyment of working on this project (actually doing some hands on) and having a finished product that is as hassle free (I'm not kidding myself...there will be some hassle) but as hassle free as possible. So...long story short, I don't want to inherit a problem and I'm going to pass on taking over the guts of the crashed Mustang. Here's the engine that I'm thinking about right now:
http://www.fordracingparts.com/
In other news, I talked to one of my co-workers that had gotten married a few years ago. Summer, my friend, had hired a photographer that took amazing pictures...so I started thinking. "What if getting my finished car into magazines and into shows is going to take time? How can I get press on it? What if I want to create a portfolio or even have something that is professionally done and that I can have framed and put on my wall?". The gears were turning and I got the photographers info from Summer. Long story short, I now have someone who is willing to take the snaps of my new ride (when the 'stang is all completed and ready to be shown off that is).
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